How'd They Do It..

Considering war time urgencies and saving time by cutting down repetitive operations I’ve been wondering about the process in which carbine stocks were stamped, and figure that Guy H. Drewry himself didn’t stamp all the Winchester and Underwood stocks for instance. That brings to question at what point did those stamps get applied to the stocks.. Was it done by the actual stock makers at the time they applied their stamps in the sling well.. Or was it done when the stock was received from the contractor...Or perhaps were all of the stampings applied by the stock makers at the same time including the Ordnance stamp. I mean if a carbine didn’t pass inspection it would get popped out of the stock and fixed.

The Ordnance Stamp, the round thingie, is known as an acceptance stamp. That means that it was applied by Government inspectors when they accepted the carbine from the manufacturer. I would think the Winchester or Underwood Cartouche for G.H.D. was applied by the same people at the same time. The government inspectors were working for him.

Slingwell stamped by the stock maker when finished.
Some where transfered to another maker and a transfer mark like the serified I was then stamped in.
When who ever completed the carbine the Ordnance stamp was used showing it was accepted.

Charlie

P.S. more or less what Bubba just said.